Glucose monitoring fun

(Edith) #1

Hi Everyone,

I am two months into the ketogenic WOE and decided it was time to invest in some monitoring equipment. I saw on Jimmy Moore’s website that the Walmart Reli On Ultra worked just like the Precision Xtra but it cost much less and that it also read the Precision Xtra Ketosis strips. Unfortunately, that is not true. I should have read the comments below his post before I made my purchase. I guess I will have to buy the Precision Xtra in the near future.

Anyway, I decided to use the Ultra for glucose monitoring for now. It is just too much fun!!! I am not going to have any blood left in my fingers after all the experimenting I do this week. Anyone get as much of a kick out of monitoring their glucose levels?

Cheers,
Edith

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #2

Yeah…I bought one just to see what’s going on when fasting and after meals. I really look forward to seeing the numbers come up. Fasted or >12hours after a meal I usually sit in the 4.4-5.0 mmol/l (80-100 mg/dl) range.

Just for giggles a couple nights ago after noticing I now find milk chocolate covered almonds (a previous favourite of mine) almost intolerable, I forced down a dozen or two and measured my glucose an hour later (and was actually feeling dizzy!)… I hit ~8 mmol/l (143 mg/l)…wheee!

EDIT: That chocolate almond thing was just a once-off experiment…I’m NEVER doing that again.

(Way N) #3

Just remember, the blood is at the fingertip (closer to the fingernail) and the pain receptors are more in the fingerprint area. :stuck_out_tongue:

(Cathy Schroder) #4

I love checking my reactions to certain types of food. It’s great to see how you react in different circumstances to different things. I used to panic a but if I got a higher than normal reading but I’ve come to realise that these things happen for no obvious reason sometimes. Have fun experimenting!

(KB Keto) #5

I go side of the fingers. The biggest interest to me lately has been how sleeping has affected my blood glucose.

(Sophie) #6

What should normal levels for nutritional ketosis look like range-wise? I’ve been playing with mine and logging my waking number to determine my A1C and the first 2 days it was 5.9mml & 6.7mml then yesterday and today it’s 4.5mml & 4.4mml. So it seems to vary greatly.

(KB Keto) #7

Fasting
Normal for person without diabetes: 70–99 mg/dl (3.9–5.5 mmol/L)
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: 80–130 mg/dl (4.4–7.2 mmol/L)

2 hours after meals*
Normal for person without diabetes: Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: Less than 180 mg/dl (10.0 mmol/L)

HbA1c
Normal for person without diabetes: Less than 5.7%
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: 7.0% or less

*Keep in mind this is recommendations for those on a ‘traditional diet’ - I would imagine that us on a Keto diet 2 hours post meal would be lower. I dont test other than fasted first thing in the AM so I have no actual data to compare to the ADA chart.

(Sophie) #8

Thank You! That really helps. :+1: <—my pricked finger lol

(Todd Allen) #9

I blame orange juice for worsening the insulin resistance I developed. Many years ago there was an ad campaign for orange juice with a slogan “orange juice, not just for breakfast anymore”. I think it should be redone with “blood glucose monitoring, not just for diabetics anymore.”

My doctors never diagnosed me as diabetic despite having full blown biomarkers of metabolic syndrome. Blood glucose testing let me see just how bad it had gotten and that foods like fruit juices were a big problem for me.

It wasn’t easy. I struggled to get adequate blood drops even with my lancing devices dialed up to max. I have Raynaud’s which restricts blood flow and a neuromuscular disease which makes me shaky and if I miss dipping the strip in the middle of the blood drop I frequently get an error reading which is annoying, especially when using the more expensive ketone strips.

But I’ve improved my technique and now rarely waste a strip. The hand I’m going to draw blood from I soak for a few minutes in hot water to maximize blood flow. I prick on the sides, not in the center of the finger tip and I mostly use my thumbs, always for ketones, which flow much better than my fingers. And I rest both hands on a table when bringing the strip to the blood to prevent misses caused by shaking.

(Edith) #10

How has sleeping affected your blood glucose?